Well if anyone wants to shoot a post-apocalyptic movie, Nebraska and Iowa are up for it

I agree with celticrose on all fronts- however I will say there are exceptions to the “dark tourism” thing. While for most these sites are a powerful link to history and a reminder for the future, and that for humans having a physical place or object can make things more “real” and “personal,” there are those who go to sites like Holocaust memorials as dark tourists. Who aren’t going out of respect or remembrance- but for the “macabre” connection to death, horror, suffering, or simply out of ideological reverence to negative aspects of humanity. In other words the sites aren’t inherently dark tourism- but some people do go to them for the wrong reasons.

I wasn't trying to say that Auschwitz exists as a grand scale haunted house of horrors type attraction. It is intended as a memorial. However, as guest_ says, there are a great many people who won't go there out of respect or such for the history. They go because of the suffering. Not unlike people drawn to museums that showcase torture devices and such

True, but that's an individual issue (or individuals WITH issues). I live in Vegas, and after the Oct 1st shooting there has been a stupid number of people flocking to the shooting location and even the fuckers home out of that macabre curiosity/obsession. I guess having that (which I would classify as a dark tourism location in a way) compared to Auschwitz just hit the wrong way. Also, I've been around too many people lately that seriously need a visit to that memorial because they either don't comprehend the gravity of the Holocaust or they flat out believe it didn't happen and they were just POW camps that history exaggerated drastically.

There’s sadly always those immature assholes who don’t actually understand or can’t comprehend a thing- they just know other people treat it with a respect or gravity and they can get reactions out of people and satisfy their own need to be “counter culture” and “edgy” by refusing it the proper respect. Lately it does seem a lot of people have been in that sort of space- especially concerning the holocaust. Most grow up someday, it’s usually not soon enough though and others replace them...